Down defeated Meath in the final by a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-14. The Ulster county's victory was to be the start of four consecutive All-Ireland titles for the province. For Meath, it was their second consecutive defeat in a final, having lost to Cork in the 1990 final.

The Championship was noted for the tie between Dublin and Meath that took three replays to decide.

Seeding is abolished in the Leinster & Munster championships meaning an open draw in Leinster for the 1st time since 1974 or Munster for the 1st time in 40 years.

Fermanagh's 3-12 to 1-8 defeat of Antrim in the Ulster quarter-final is their first victory in the championship since 1983.

The 1991 championship became famous for the four-game saga between Meath and Dublin in the preliminary round of the Leinster Championship. The four games comprised three draws, with two still ending level even after extra time. Meath eventually triumphed by a single point. A combined total of just under 237,000 people attended the four games in what was a major windfall for the Leinster Council.

While in the Quarter-final stage of the Leinster championship Meath played Wicklow twice and in the semi-final game between Laois and Louth also ended in a draw and went to replay making it the largest Leinster championship of Modern times.

Limerick reach their 1st Munster final since 1965 but lost it to Kerry, since 1947 all Munster finals expect for Cork vs Clare 1949, Cork vs Waterford 1957, Kerry vs Waterford 1960 and Kerry vs Limerick in 1965 the rest were all Kerry vs Cork deciders.

Meath and Laois meet in the Leinster final for the 1st time since 1951.

Down win the All Ireland final for the 1st time in 23 years and were 1st Ulster county since 1968 to win and also 1st not from Munster/Leinster of course.